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In the first step of the Ostwald process for the synthesis of nitric acid, ammonia is converted to nitric oxide by the high-temperature reaction:4NH3(g)+5O2(g)+6H2O(g). How is the rate of consumption of O2 related to the rate of consumption of NH3?

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